RE: For those who want proof of the exodus
January 7, 2016 at 3:48 pm
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2016 at 4:17 pm by Angrboda.)
(January 7, 2016 at 10:36 am)Drich Wrote:(January 6, 2016 at 3:06 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: You drank the koolaid because it is comforting to your beliefs. It's just a belief. Throwing around words like 'truth' just shows how desperate you are for validation. I watched the video and for my money, Rohl's and Mahoney's evidence on many points was little more than far-fetched speculation, draped over a few small points of data. It's an interesting argument, but not nearly strong enough as to justify invalidating sound archaeological chronology. And that's the bottom line. You believe a weak argument because it provides you comfort. That is not the grounds for 'truth'.
In your mind's eye what are some examples of "far fetched speculation" and what were the small data points?
Things like speculating that an imbalance in the numbers of males and females points to a slaughter of the first-born males sometime earlier. It doesn't; male births have a higher mortality rate than female births.
Quote:Since the beginning of the age of the Enlightenment and over the course of modernization, the mortality of children below 5 years of age has declined rapidly. Child mortality in rich countries today is much lower than 1%. This is a very recent development and was only reached after a hundredfold decline in child mortality in these countries. In early-modern times, child mortality was very high; in 18th century Sweden every third child died, and in 19th century Germany every second child died. With declining poverty and increasing knowledge and service in the health sector, child mortality around the world is declining very rapidly.
http://ourworldindata.org/data/populatio...mortality/